The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 184

He had asked Swain to hurry back to the training facility and find Yohannes, but Swain had yet to return.

Maverick knew his own body, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold on until Gwendolyn came home from dinner.

Is this really how I’m going to die?

He was unwilling to accept it, yet he was powerless to change it.

As of now, he did not even have the strength to write a farewell letter.

Earlier, that had been the first time Gwendolyn had hugged him since the divorce.

No, she wasn’t hugging me. She was only patting my head.

Charles was right. In the end, Gwendolyn saw Maverick as nothing more than a pet.

She no longer loved him.

As Maverick pondered on this, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and there were black spots in his vision.

“Gwendolyn…”

I’ll give you my life, Gwendolyn, but can you give me your love in return?

Resigned to his fate, he closed his eyes and let his arms hang limply at his sides. He looked serene.

All was tranquil around him.

Apart from the curtains rustling in the breeze, the only other noise in the room was the sound of blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor, one drop at a time.

In the car, Gwendolyn suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in her heart.

She pressed a hand to her chest, her delicate face turning pale from the pain.

Charles noticed that something was off with her and quickly asked, “Gwen, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”

He leaned forward, wanting to help her.

reached out to stop him. After taking a few deep breaths, she felt the pain

I feel pain in my

had any heart-related illnesses, and

it’s because I haven’t been sleeping well for the last couple

faint, icy gleam flashed

her darkened gaze and

Gwendolyn was not listening

and sickly Maverick had looked before she

been acting

those odd questions, such as whether I’d remember him if he

dying patient who could not accept his

Gwendolyn delved into her thoughts,

recalled the way he had grabbed her by the wrist before she left the house earlier and the warning he had

be secrets behind him that could be

of words had seemed

had used the words “in the future” to exclude himself from any future events in

sense of weakness that

and she shouted at Charles’ driver,

wrong, Gwen?” Charles

door. “Something urgent came up. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make

“Gwen—”

off when Gwendolyn slammed

Hill villa area, there were no taxis waiting by the roadside. After getting out of Charles’ car, she had no choice

and Justin caught

move even after Gwendolyn left; it simply stayed in the

glanced into the rearview mirror and watched as Gwendolyn frantically ran back to Bay Villa. At that moment, his

Gwendolyn had only just left Bay Villa when Nico once again confidently entered through

Quinton emerged from the shadows when they saw him

hands together excitedly. “Nico, you won a whole month’s worth of salary from me the last

and serious.

other two exchanged

next second, a few light thuds sounded through the air, and the three men immediately felt a sharp pain in the back of their necks. In an instant, their eyes rolled back into their heads, and they fell

it turned out, tranquilizing them was much quicker and more efficient than cottoning

and stepped out from the shadows. “Nico, we can’t just leave

ground, cupped his hands around

was still no sound or movement within the

sensed that something was off. “Never mind. Let’s go and

it down, but he was worried he would not be able to explain himself to Gwendolyn after this. In the end, he and Swain climbed the pipes

bedroom only to find Maverick lying on the chaise

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